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Jersey Number 39
Kendal Vickers
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 295
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Havelock, N.C.
- High School:
- Havelock
Bio
CAREER HIGHS
- Tackles - 9 vs. Georgia, 9/30/17
- Tackle For Loss - 2 vs. Appalachian State, 9/1/16
- Sacks - 1 (3x), vs. Georgia, 9/30/17, vs. Virginia Tech, 9/10/16, at South Carolina, 10/29/16
- Forced Fumbles - 2 at Kentucky, 10/28/17
2017 - R-SENIOR
- Forced two fumbles and made five tackles, including a three-yard TFL at Kentucky on 10/28
- Made a career-high nine tackles vs. #7 Georgia and sacked the Bulldogs’ Jake Fromm for a loss of seven yards.
- Collected five tackles vs. UMass (9/23), including his fist sack of the season for a two-yard loss
- Started at DT and made six tackles in season-opening win over Georgia Tech in Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game (9/4)
2016 - R-JUNIOR
Photo Gallery- 2016 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 13/13
- Was Tennessee's anchor inside, starting all 13 games at defensive tackle and posting career highs with 38 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 6.0 tackles for loss, one forced fumble and two quarterback hurries
- Had three tackles against Nebraska in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl (12/30)
- Made 25th-straight start at defensive tackle at Vanderbilt (11/26), posting two tackles and one QB hurry
- Finished with two tackles and one QB hurry vs. Missouri (11/19)
- Posted four tackles (three solo) vs. Kentucky (11/12)
- Had 0.5 sack vs. Tennessee Tech (11/5)
- Recorded a career-high seven tackles and had 1.0 sack at South Carolina (10/29)
- Had four tackles and 0.5 TFL at Texas A&M (10/8)
- Recorded a career-high five tackles and one TFL at Georgia (10/1)
- Had three tackles (two solo) in win vs. Florida (9/24)
- Tied career high with four tackles and had first sack and first forced fumble of career vs. Virginia Tech (9/10)
- Started at DT in season opener vs. App State (9/1), recording three tackles and career-high 2 TFLs
2015 - R-SOPHOMORE
- Photo Gallery
- 2015 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 13/13
- Starting at defensive tackle in third year in the program, started all 13 games with 20 tackles and 1.5 TFLs and a half-sack in 2015
- Posted a half-sack in Outback Bowl win vs. Northwestern (1/1)
- Three tackles at #8 Alabama (10/24)
- Two tackles at Florida (9/26)
- Four tackles and TFL for four yards vs. W. Carolina (9/19)
- First career start came vs. Bowling Green (9/5) as he made first four tackles of his career
- Awarded the John Stucky Award for Power at the 2015 Orange and White Game
2014 - R-FRESHMAN
Photo Gallery- Games/Starts: 5/0
- 2014 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
2013 - FRESHMAN
- Photo Gallery
- Redshirted
HIGH SCHOOL
- Coached by Jim Bryant at Havelock High School
- Rated 3-star by Rivals
- Rated a 3-star by the 247Sports Composite (No. 84 Weak-Side Defensive End and No. 52 best player from N. Carolina)
- Rated 2-star by Scout (No. 195 DE prospect)
- Rated 2-star by ESPN (No. 123 overall defensive end, No. 60 best player from N. Carolina)
- Three-year letterwinner and 2012 captain at Havelock High School helping his team to back-to-back 3-A State Championship titles in his junior (16-0) and senior (15-1) seasons
- Named All-State in his senior season, All-Conference in his junior and senior seasons and All-Area in each of his varsity seasons
- Named a NCHSAA AAA Scholar-Athlete during his senior season
PERSONAL
- Full Name: Kendal Bryant Vickers
- Born: May 23, 1995
- Son of Lloyd and Cynthia Vickers
- Majoring in Communication Studies
- Recipient of Shuler Family Athletic Scholarship Endowment
FB | Cinematic Recap vs. Syracuse (8.30.25)
Tuesday, September 02
FB | Willie Martinez Press Conference (9.2.25)
Tuesday, September 02
FB | Joey Halzle Press Conference (9.2.25)
Tuesday, September 02
FB | Josh Heupel Press Conference (9.1.25)
Monday, September 01
